EDST4096 Essay 1

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Topic: Choose 1 of the following topics to respond to. Use the guiding questions provided to guide your response. a) Conceptions of Giftedness: How can understanding conceptions of Giftedness and Talent inform your understandings of the educational needs of gifted students? How can teachers support intellectually gifted students’ talent development in your method area? OR b) Characteristics: How can understanding the impacts of the characteristics of gifted students assist in enhancing or inhibiting the academic success of gifted students? What strategies match these characteristics to support gifted students’ development in your method area? OR c) Identification: How can gifted students’ unique learning needs be identified? What assessment techniques and processes could be used in your method area to identify and support gifted students, especially students across different domains of giftedness and underachievers? OR d) Misconceptions: What are some myths and misconceptions about giftedness and gifted children? What techniques or actions or strategies could be used to help overcome these misconceptions and support gifted students’ development in your method area? Response format: Responses can be in essay form, with or without graphically organised tables or charts, or in another form of your choice that is relevant to the task response and your method area. Structure: Ensure that there are clear headings throughout your response. For example, the focus could be the title, the questions can be main headings, and you can create sub-headings under the questions if you need to. Reference the relevant lectorial notes, course readings and texts, and wider reading. Include an appendix if you want to add additional material to support your responses, but this is not expected and will not be included in the word count.

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